Written by James M. Tate / 9/30/2019 / No comments / comedy , cult , doug savant , eighties , high school , horror , jerry levine , lorie griffin , mark holton , matt adler , michael j. fox , teen , werewolf
MICHAEL J. FOX GETS HAIRY IN 'TEEN WOLF' WITH LORIE GRIFFIN
Michael J. Fox and Lorie Griffin in TEEN WOLF Year: 1985 Since Tom Cruise did COCKTAIL after TOP GUN, maybe it's not very strange th...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/27/2019 / No comments / action , bobby di cici , eighties , michael pare , michael paré , nancy allen , race against time , science-ficiton , thriller , time travel
MICHAEL PARÉ & NANCY ALLEN IN 'THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT'
Michael Paré marching through time in the YEAR: 1984 When two naval officers are thrust from the 1940's into the 1980's, they m...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/26/2019 / No comments / action , adventure , charles durning , don taylor , eighties , james farentino , katharine ross , kirk douglas , martin sheen , ron o'neal , science-ficiton , thriller , time travel , war
MARTIN SHEEN WITH KIRK DOUGLAS IN 'THE FINAL COUNTDOWN'
Lightning strikes upon THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Year: 1980 THE TWILIGHT ZONE didn't work in the hour format, and THE FINAL COUNTDOWN is b...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/25/2019 / No comments / barrett oliver , chase , cult , eighties , kids , michael mckean , military , science-fiction
SUMMARY REVIEW OF 'D.A.R.Y.L.' BECAUSE THE POSTER IS COOL
One of those better movie posters than the movie movie YEAR: 1985 Young Daryl has some sort of amnesia and very special powers. He can p...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/24/2019 / No comments / action , body count , bruce glover , james bond , jill st. john , lana wood , marc lawrence , sean connery , sequel franchise , sid haig , spy , thriller
SEAN CONNERY BOND SIX 'DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER' FOR SID HAIG
Marc Lawrence and Sid Haig bring in the dead for Bond YEAR: 1971 Far from top shelf Sean Connery/James Bond, it's definitely the wei...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/23/2019 / No comments / barry foster , christopher jones , david lean , douglas sheldon , epic , ireland , melodrama , robert mitchum , romance , sarah miles , seventies
DAVID LEAN'S IRISH LANDSCAPE MELODRAMA 'RYAN'S DAUGHTER'
Sarah Miles in RYAN'S DAUGHTER Year: 1970 Rates: **** Whether it's desert-dwelling Peter O'Toole staring at the night moon i...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/22/2019 / No comments / action , eighties , exploitation , franchise , julie benz , ken howard , richard crenna , sequel , sylvester stallone , vietnam , zeroes
FORGOTTEN TRIUMPH OF 'RAMBO' W/ BONUS 'RAMBO III' REVIEW
Sylvester Stallone as RAMBO not Cobra circa 2008 RAMBO : An eighty-minute film, while quite rare, is a perfect running-time for action,...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/21/2019 / No comments / 2019 , action , franchise , melodrama , new , sequel , sylvester stallone
SYLVESTER STALLONE RETURNS FOR 'RAMBO: LAST BLOOD'
Sylvester Stallone in Rambo: Last Blood YEAR: 2019 So far we've learned that RAMBO: LAST BLOOD has a lot in common with HOME ALONE s...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/20/2019 / No comments / bill adler , comedy , connie hoffman , crown international , cult , danny devito , deborah white , drive-in , exploitation , marcie barkin , raunchy , seventies , stuart goetz
CROWN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES EXPLOITATION OF 'THE VAN'
One of the coolest title fonts in the seventies for THE VAN Year: 1977 For a couple of guys who seem like Black Sabbath or Blue Öyster C...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/15/2019 / No comments / adventure , angela landsbury , david warner , eighties , fantasy , horror , neil jordan , sarah patterson , werewolf
SARAH PATTERSON IN NEIL JORDAN'S 'THE COMPANY OF WOLVES'
Sarah Patterson in A COMPANY OF WOLVES Year: 1984 Rates: ***1/2 Not just another werewolf story and with the true darkness of a fairy ta...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/14/2019 / No comments / british , england , ensemble , exploitation , horror , jewel blanch , leonard nimoy , mystery , rachel roberts , seventies , susan hampshire , team-up , thriller , tv movie , vera miles
LEONARD NIMOY TEAMS WITH SUSAN HAMPSHIRE FOR 'BAFFLED!'
Leonard Nimoy in BAFFLED! Year: 1972 Score: *** Leonard Nimoy in a TV-pilot with sophisticated beauty Susan Hamphire as an ESP expert aiding...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/12/2019 / No comments / action , body count , elke sommer , exploitation , kitty swan , leonard rossiter , mystery , richard johnson , sixties , spy , steve carlson , sylvia koscina , thriller , virginia north
ELKE SOMMER IS 'DEADLIER THAN THE MALE' W/ VIRGINIA NORTH
Virginia North in DEADLIER THAN THE MALE Year: 1967 With the same peacock strutting trumpet and stealthily baritone guitar, DEADLIER THA...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/11/2019 / No comments / cristina ferrare , david young , exploitation , helen rojo , horror , john carradine , lesbian , mexico , seventies , susana kamini , vampire
CRISTINA FERRARE VAMPING OUT IN 'MARY, MARY, BLOODY MARY'
Cristina Ferrare in MARY, MARY, BLOODY MARY Year: 1975 More exploitation than horror, MARY, MARY, BLOODY MARY is a visual treat, not onl...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/10/2019 / No comments / action , biker , biopic , exploitation , george hamilton , marvin j. chomsky , ron masak , seventies , sport , sue lyon
SUE LYON RIDES W/ GEORGE HAMILTON PLAYING 'EVEL KNIEVEL'
Sue Lyon sits by her man George Hamilton as Evel Knievel YEAR: 1970 It's hard to believe that tan man George Hamilton playing Evel K...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/09/2019 / No comments / actress , creature , eighties , exploitation , henry silva , seventies , sixties , sue lyon
LATER 'ALLIGATOR' SUE LYON & OTHER CAREER SCREEN CAPTURES
Sue Lyon as an NBC Newscaster in Lewis Teague's cult classic ALLIGATOR Year: 1980 The lovely Sue Lyon, famous for playing the steam...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/08/2019 / No comments / adventure , con man , depression-era , george c. scott , irvin kershner , michael sarrazin , road movie , sixties , sue lyon
SUE LYON JOINS GEORGE C. SCOTT IN 'THE FLIM-FLAM MAN'
Sue Lyon in The Flim-Flam Man Year: 1967 Rating: *** Fun, frolicking depression-era adventure about a famous (or infamous) charlatan w...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/07/2019 / No comments / christopher mitchum , cult , exploitation , import , science-fiction , seventies , sue lyon , thriller
SUE LYON 'MURDER IN A BLUE WORLD' AKA 'CLOCKWORK TERROR'
Sue Lyon goes deadly in CLOCKWORK TERROR Year: 1973 Beware of this film that considers itself an Italian A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, ironical...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/06/2019 / No comments / biker , buddy ebsen , cindy daly , cop , disaster , donna miles , ensemble , robert conrad , ronald jacoby , seventies , sue lyon , tommy lee jones , tv movie , vera miles
SUE LYON AND ROBERT CONRAD IN 'SMASH-UP ON INTERSTATE 5'
Sue Lyon has a king of beer on Interstate 5 in 1978 The TV-Movie SMASH-UP ON INTERSTATE 5 beat SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER to the double boogie per...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/05/2019 / No comments / con man , exploitation , fernando rey , gloria grahame , import , jazz score , neo noir , seventies , sue lyon , thriller
SUE LYON IN 'TAROT' AKA 'THE MAGICIAN' WITH FERNANDO REY
Sue Lyon in TAROT aka AUTOPSY aka GAME OF MURDER from 1973 Fernando Rey, the suave actor best known for THE FRENCH CONNECTION as the re...
SUE LYON CONTROLS THE DRIVE-IN KILLER CAR IN 'CRASH!'
Sue Lyon in the drive-in exploitation of CRASH! Year: 1978 Anyone familiar with THE CAR, about a hotrod that runs on the power of demon...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/04/2019 / No comments / barbara eden , ford rainey , john rubinstein , larry hagman , made-for-TV , mystery , seventies , small town , thriller , tv movie , vera miles
BARBARA EDEN & LARRY HAGMAN IN 'A HOWLING IN THE WOODS'
Great font for A Howling in the Woods YEAR: 1971 Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman definitely didn't end things on a sour note after I D...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/02/2019 / No comments / adventure , ben johnson , cult , elijah cook jr. , karl malden , larry duran , marlon brando , miriam colon , sam gilman , sixties , slim pickens , timothy carey , western
MARLON BRANDO IN HIS BROODING WESTERN 'ONE-EYED JACKS'
Marlon Brando aims at Timothy Carey in ONE-EYED JACKS There's an obscure, now forgotten cult of Marlon Brando fans, or Western fans,...
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Robyn Hilton enters into an eclectic exploitation comedy career in Wonder Women circa 1973 As mentioned a few posts ago, ROBYN HILTON, b...
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